Mark 5:31

31 His disciples said to him, "How can you ask, 'Who touched me,' when you see the crowd pressing you on all sides?"

Mark 5:31 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 5:31

And his disciples said unto him
Peter, and they that were with him; after the crowd that were about him denied that any of them had touched him; see ( Luke 8:45 ) ,

thou seest the multitude thronging thee, and sayest thou who touched
me?
They seem astonished at his question, and answer with some degree of warmth, and almost ready to charge it as weak: and impertinent; since, as there was such a crowd about him, pressing him on every side, he could not but be touched by many; and therefore to ask who touched him, when this was the case, they thought was a very strange and unnecessary question.

Mark 5:31 In-Context

29 Her bleeding stopped immediately. She felt cured from her illness.
30 At that moment Jesus felt power had gone out of him. He turned around in the crowd and asked, "Who touched my clothes?"
31 His disciples said to him, "How can you ask, 'Who touched me,' when you see the crowd pressing you on all sides?"
32 But he kept looking around to see the woman who had done this.
33 The woman trembled with fear. She knew what had happened to her. So she quickly bowed in front of him and told him the whole truth.
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